April 04, 2024
Nurses who abruptly canceled or gave inconsistent testimony at their depositions must pay the hospital they accused of underpaying them nearly $10,000 in sanctions for their lack of cooperation, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Thursday.
March 08, 2024
Attorneys representing a collective of nurses accusing a Louisiana hospital of failing to pay them for missed meal breaks should be sanctioned over their clients' multiple canceled or no-show depositions, the hospital told a federal judge.
January 12, 2024
A hospital operator urged a Louisiana federal judge Friday to break up a collective of nurses in a suit accusing the hospital of failing to pay them for meal breaks they could not take due to constant interruptions, saying they have "dramatically different" claims that were ill-suited for collective treatment.
May 02, 2023
A group of nurses filed a bad faith bid to compel several staffing companies to file supplemental responses to the nurses' discovery requests in a dispute over meal break pay, the companies told a Louisiana federal court Tuesday, saying the request is an effort to harass them.
July 14, 2022
A group of nurses secured conditional collective certification in a Louisiana federal suit accusing their employers of failing to pay workers for meal breaks that were continually interrupted due to their work duties.